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October 4, 2013August 31, 2014

Details of Margallah Tunnel Project be made public, urges civil society

A special meeting of the NGOs and Islamabad-based civil society members of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pakistan National Committee (PNC), was held in Islamabad today to discuss the environmental impact of the Margallah Hills Tunnel Project. Continue reading “Details of Margallah Tunnel Project be made public, urges civil society”

September 19, 2013August 31, 2014

Protecting Asia’s Coasts for People and Nature

Hoi An, Viet Nam 11 September, 2013 – The 10th Regional Steering Committee of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative was opened today in Hoi An, Da Nang province, with representatives from the nine member countries convening to discuss efforts to protect coastal regions for people and for nature. This is the first time Viet Nam has hosted the meeting since becoming an MFF member country in 2010. Continue reading “Protecting Asia’s Coasts for People and Nature”

September 16, 2013August 31, 2014

Ladies try to rescue our threatened forests, but timber mafia still active! By: Afia Salam, Member of IUCN CEC

NOTE: This article was written before the recent implementation of the ban.

I want to thank some lady Parliamentarians. Yes I am being gender biased by making a distinction here but deliberately so. Kudos to Senator Saeeda Iqbal and MNA Maryam Aurangzeb for the spunk they have shown in getting the order of former PM, Raja Pervez Ashraf of removal of ban on timber movement from Gilgit-Baltistan reversed. Continue reading “Ladies try to rescue our threatened forests, but timber mafia still active! By: Afia Salam, Member of IUCN CEC”